The NASCAR Cup Series enters Round 2 of the 2025 In-Season Challenge this weekend, with the streets of Chicago acting as host for Sunday’s race (2 p.m. ET, TNT Sports/truTV, HBO Max, MRN Radio, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).
QUALIFYING ORDER: Cup Series | Xfinity Series
All 41 cars will have a chance to post a qualifying time Saturday (2 p.m. ET, truTV, MRN Radio, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio), with one open team failing to make Sunday’s main event.
Saturday’s qualifying session will consist of one round, split into two 20-minute groups. The groups below are determined via a metric that combines the previous race finish by owner (70%) and current owner points position (30%).
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# denotes series rookie
(i) denotes ineligible for driver points
| Pos. | Car No. | Driver | Metric Score | Group |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 13 | Will Brown | 58.7 | 1 |
| 2 | 33 | Austin Hill (i) | 41.6 | 1 |
| 3 | 67 | Corey Heim (i) | 41.0 | 1 |
| 4 | 66 | Josh Bilicki (i) | 33.8 | 1 |
| 5 | 99 | Daniel Suárez | 32.5 | 1 |
| 6 | 2 | Austin Cindric | 30.5 | 1 |
| 7 | 35 | Riley Herbst # | 30.1 | 1 |
| 8 | 12 | Ryan Blaney | 30.1 | 1 |
| 9 | 22 | Joey Logano | 28.5 | 1 |
| 10 | 21 | Josh Berry | 28.1 | 1 |
| 11 | 19 | Chase Briscoe | 27.5 | 1 |
| 12 | 4 | Noah Gragson | 27.4 | 1 |
| 13 | 34 | Todd Gilliland | 27.3 | 1 |
| 14 | 88 | Shane van Gisbergen # | 26.4 | 1 |
| 15 | 24 | William Byron | 26.2 | 1 |
| 16 | 1 | Ross Chastain | 25.5 | 1 |
| 17 | 7 | Justin Haley | 25.1 | 1 |
| 18 | 42 | John Hunter Nemechek | 25.1 | 1 |
| 19 | 41 | Cole Custer | 23.5 | 1 |
| 20 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | 22.9 | 1 |
| 21 | 20 | Christopher Bell | 22.5 | 1 |
| 22 | 78 | Katherine Legge (i) | 22.3 | 2 |
| 23 | 3 | Austin Dillon | 21.8 | 2 |
| 24 | 8 | Kyle Busch | 20.7 | 2 |
| 25 | 51 | Cody Ware | 19.9 | 2 |
| 26 | 23 | Bubba Wallace | 19.6 | 2 |
| 27 | 71 | Michael McDowell | 19.2 | 2 |
| 28 | 54 | Ty Gibbs | 17.0 | 2 |
| 29 | 60 | Ryan Preece | 15.0 | 2 |
| 30 | 10 | Ty Dillon | 14.9 | 2 |
| 31 | 16 | AJ Allmendinger | 13.5 | 2 |
| 32 | 5 | Kyle Larson | 12.8 | 2 |
| 33 | 38 | Zane Smith | 12.4 | 2 |
| 34 | 77 | Carson Hocevar | 12.4 | 2 |
| 35 | 47 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 10.5 | 2 |
| 36 | 6 | Brad Keselowski | 9.5 | 2 |
| 37 | 17 | Chris Buescher | 9.0 | 2 |
| 38 | 43 | Erik Jones | 8.3 | 2 |
| 39 | 48 | Alex Bowman | 5.7 | 2 |
| 40 | 45 | Tyler Reddick | 4.6 | 2 |
| 41 | 9 | Chase Elliott | 1.3 | 2 |
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